HBM 131 1st Edition Lecture 21Outline of Last Lecture:I. MICEOutline of Current Lecture:I. Attractions Presentation II. Pier 57Current Lecture:I. Attractions PresentationA. The MaldivesB. The Taj Mahal1. The foundations may also be shrinking towards the Yamuna River2 Will collapse in five years (from 2011) because its wooden foundations are rotting 3. Causes: shoddy restoration, air pollution, and population expansionC. Venice1. Sits on fragile lagoon polluted by people, industry and toxic riversD. Mt. Kilimanjaro-Tanzania1. 85% of the ice cap has already disappeared during the last century; snows are likely to be gone in 20 years 2. Causes: deforestation of the mountain’s foothills, global warmingII. Pier 57: Miners LandingA. Seattle, WA: originally pier for the gold transactions for the Alaskan gold rush1. Recently a new attractionsB. The Crab Pot1. Family Style, unique atmosphere, signature “Seafeast”2. Idea for the crab pot started in Louisiana3. How it works: sheet of paper as tablecloth, bib, ‘Seafeast’ on the table, crack your own crab 4. Locations: Bellevue, Seattle, and 3 in California C. For kids1. Pier has an arcade and a carousel that attracts many young children D. The Great Wheel 1. The cost is $13 per ride, goes around 3 times, $50 VIP box2. After the 9 months of being open the wheel brought in 1 million people and over 15 million dollars. 3. Security: people were climbing on it, people were having sex in the rooms, people would destroy the inside of the ride, and people would throw pennies out the window and break the glass 4. VIP booth: glass bottom, air conditioned in the summer and heated in the winter E. Future1. Gondola from the Convention Center to Pier 572. Easier way to get to and from the pier, because of the limited parking 3. They also are considering serving drinks on the wheel4. Pier 57 is becoming a iconic attraction that every visitor wants to
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